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Stefan · 05-16-2015, 05:04 AM

SPOILER!!: Steps 1-3

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Originally Posted by StarShine

Text Cut: A few people here

Text Cut: Another group of people

Text Cut: 'The other half' people

Text Cut: Questions

Once everyone got a chance to answer, Cosgrach walked to the front of the classroom again to be able to see them all and he said "Almost all of you focused on why it was 'half dark'," he said, "and all of you are right: It changes how a person is feeling against their will. It manipulates people, and can have awful consequences in the wrong hands."

He paused, and started to walk in the aisles again.

"Ophelia asked why it was only half dark," he said as he kept walking slowly, "and Evie said it should be considered fully dark, because it takes away the person's ability to control their own emotions. She said it even seems like the Imperius Curse in a way. While it does sound like Imperius Curse, it is different in a fundamental way: Imperius allows you to control people. However, this potion only alters the mood. It doesn't give you any control over how a person behaves. You just get to decide how they'll feel, and what they will do afterwards is still up to them. To give an example: if a person is a coward, making them angry won't give them courage to, for example, curse someone more powerful than them. They'll still be a coward, only an angry one. Yes, they may cause damage, but they also may not." Did it make sense?

"Another reason it is not fully dark is the intent, as Ilia," hopefully that was her name, "put it. You can make someone sad, but you can also make them happy." It was completely up to the intent. Yes, there were other potions for that, there was THIS one too, and the ingredients were rather common.

"So, to sum up: it's only half dark, because it only changes the emotions and doesn't give the brewer any control of the actions. It also depends on intent and which emotion you create."

He paused to let them write that. "It's a base potion, meaning the base can be stored for a long time - about a year, and the final effect depends on what you add last. While under effect, the person will feel only the potion created by this, and any other emotion will be forgotten. So, in a way it's different and superior to Imperius Curse: you can't fight this. The best you can do is shorten its effect if you have an iron will.

"There are six basic emotions, and this potion creates them: Happiness, sadness, excitement, fear, tenderness and anger. The name is pretty straight-forward:" He wasn't creative when it came to names, okay?, "Emotional Change Potion." He tapped his wand on the blackboard, and the ingredients with the first few steps appeared.

"There's a spell as you can see. It's Apto pressure - Ap-toh press-soo-rah -" did they get how to pronounce it?, "to apply pressure on the water so that it doesn't boil at 100 degree celcius." He paused to let them copy it, and continued: "Please go with the usual order: practice the spell - Ap-toh press-soo-rah - without your wands first, then practise the wand movement," he drew a straight, imaginary, vertical line with his wand, "and then combine the two only if you're sure you got it right." Well, this wasn't a lethal spell that could go terribly wrong. If anything, it'd be obvious that it didn't work if the water boiled at 100 degree celcius. Still, he didn't want any complacency.

He sat down on his chair to watch them.

OOC: I'll post ~~when I wake up~~ around 11 hours later.

Ethan was too busy sorting Culloden’s voice out from everyone else. Again, the potion was his invention so he made the extra effort to write down details as the man went along his lecture. The use, emotions, incantation and ingredients were written down carefully on his parchment. Nope nope nope, he will not mess this one up. The potion, he knew, was novelty, and that he should pay extra attention to how it is going to be brewed. Setting his notes aside, Ethan collected all the tools and utensils needed, and began to clean them one by one, “Scourgify.” Non-verbally of course. The moment he got his exam results during the summer, he had read self-help books in doing non-verbals for beginners. As soon as he stepped in Hogwarts back in September, he practised various cleaning spells and vanishing spells non-verbally to get a good head start.

With his cauldron and thermometer clean, he went on to fill his black vessel with water. Ethan concentrated on that step because it required them to have purified water. And to get it, he needed to have the right intent. “Aguamenti.” Clean, odourless, purified water came out of it, and lifted the charm with a “Finite” as soon as it reached half of his cauldron. Ethan carefully dipped the thermometer inside his cauldron and practised the spell. “Ap-toh press-soo-rah...ap-toh press-soo-rah...” Vertical wand movement, “Apto Pressure...Apto Pressure.” Turning towards his cauldron this time, Ethan raised his wand and slowly lowered his wand vertically while saying the incantation. “Apto Pressure.” Time to see if it worked, hm? The Slytherin then pointed his wand on the burner and ignited it. “Incendio.” FIIYAAAHH. Ethan watched his thermometer patiently, and was delighted to see that the spell worked. 100 degrees Celsius through and through.

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Stefan Abraxan Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Under Blueprints Posts: 25,496 Hogwarts RPG Name: Mackenzie Alistaire Mordaunt Slytherin Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Yoji Christopher Reed Ravenclaw First Year x12 x12	Jedi Master•General Iroh•Java Junkie• King ♛ Stefan •Mycroft Holmes•Dragon Lord•Druid Boy SPOILER!!: Steps 1-3 Quote: Originally Posted by StarShine Text Cut: A few people here Cosgrach hadn't seen Zahra for a while, but he was noticing that only NOW. He'd simply assumed that the girl had dropped it after OWLs, but apparently not. Most Moodiest of Monday? Cosgrach didn't even know what she meant, so he just... nodded. Cosgrach turned his eyes at her and... WHAT was that thing on her chin? She really was away from him, and he was too lazy to go check it, so he guessed it was some sort of scarf... Vitamin C? Cosgrach wasn't SURE, but if she said it... "I've never heard of it, but maybe you're right," he said and smiled a little. "Trust Me-self?" he asked and nodded. Cosgrach smiled at ALL OF THEM.. "You're all right." Text Cut: Another group of people Cosgrach said "Seratonin, you mean," at him, but didn't confirm or reject what he'd said earlier, because he would tell it to the whole class... Alihotsy, he said? Cosgrach nodded. "That's one of our ingredients," he said, "and you're right about the first part." But not quite the answer he was looking for for the 'half' part... 'Cartwheeling'? Really? Well, one day she'd have to how that too... Cosgrach hoped Sophie saw how much distress Dot was in, because really, their places were UP FRONT. It was also hard to miss Dot's hand and hair colour, though, so he noticed her and listened to what she said intently. "You're right," he said, but what about the other half?.. Cosgrach rarely visited the back row when he was doing questions-answers, so he didn't see her piece of paper and he just nodded at what she said. Okay. Dot DID make a good point, even though it wasn't quite what he was looking for. It seemed like most of the students focused on why it was half DARK, instead of half NORMAL. So, instead of explaining them seperately, he decided to address the whole class, but first, he'd need to remember who raised questions about the 'half normal' part... Text Cut: 'The other half' people "You made a good point," he said, "it indeed takes away a person's ability to control. But it doesn't give the brewer the control, either." He'd explain in a short while, right after everyone answered. He didn't want to repeat himself, y'see. He took the liberty to be lazy like that. A great question. He smiled at her. "Answer's coming in a moment," he said and listened to a few last people give their opinion... Cosgrach listened to his idea, and shook his head. "No, the potion makes only one emotion present at the time, so the drinker feels clear in their heads." This was why it was close to being brilliant, and it WAS his greatest achievement. Ahhh, yet another great answer! Cosgrach nodded at the girl. "This is one of the reasons it is half dark," he said, *"because you can also help* people who are having a bad day." He'd repeat it again for everyone to hear it, because this was important. Text Cut*: Questions* Cosgrach smiled a little. Impatient, wasn't she? Though it wasn't a bad thing in his eyes. "No, you have full liberty with choosing the emotion," he said, but saved his breath for later to explain the whole potion. Once everyone got a chance to answer, Cosgrach walked to the front of the classroom again to be able to see them all and he said *"Almost all of you focused on why it was 'half dark',"* he said, "and all of you are right: It changes how a person is feeling against their will. It manipulates people, and can have awful consequences in the wrong hands." He paused, and started to walk in the aisles again. *"Ophelia asked why it was only half* dark,"** he said as he kept walking slowly, "and Evie said it should be considered fully dark, because it takes away the person's ability to control their own emotions. She said it even seems like the Imperius Curse in a way. While it does sound like Imperius Curse, it is different in a fundamental way: Imperius allows you to control people. However, this potion only alters the mood. It doesn't give you any control over how a person behaves. You just get to decide how they'll feel, and what they will do afterwards is still up to them. To give an example: if a person is a coward, making them angry won't give them courage to, for example, curse someone more powerful than them. They'll still be a coward, only an angry one. Yes, they may cause damage, but they also may not." Did it make sense? "Another reason it is not fully dark is the intent, as Ilia," hopefully that was her name, "put it. You can make someone sad, but you can also make them happy." It was completely up to the intent. Yes, there were other potions for that, there was THIS one too, and the ingredients were rather common. "So, to sum up: it's only half dark, because it only changes the emotions and doesn't give the brewer any control of the actions. It also depends on intent and which emotion you create." He paused to let them write that. "It's a base potion, meaning the base can be stored for a long time - about a year, and the final effect depends on what you add last. While under effect, the person will feel only the potion created by this, and any other emotion will be forgotten. So, in a way it's different and superior to Imperius Curse: you can't fight this. The best you can do is shorten its effect if you have an iron will. "There are six basic emotions, and this potion creates them: Happiness, sadness, excitement, fear, tenderness and anger. The name is pretty straight-forward:" He wasn't creative when it came to names, okay?, "Emotional Change Potion." He tapped his wand on the blackboard, and the ingredients with the first few steps appeared. *"There's a spell as you can see. It's Apto pressure - Ap-toh* press-soo-rah -" did they get how to pronounce it?, "to apply pressure on the water so that it doesn't boil at 100 degree celcius." He paused to let them copy it, and continued: "Please go with the usual order: practice the spell - Ap-toh press-soo-rah - without your wands first, then practise the wand movement," he drew a straight, imaginary, vertical line with his wand, "and then combine the two only if you're sure you got it right."** Well, this wasn't a lethal spell that could go terribly wrong. If anything, it'd be obvious that it didn't work if the water boiled at 100 degree celcius. Still, he didn't want any complacency. He sat down on his chair to watch them. OOC: I'll post ~~when I wake up~~ around 11 hours later. Ethan was too busy sorting Culloden’s voice out from everyone else. Again, the potion was his invention so he made the extra effort to write down details as the man went along his lecture. The use, emotions, incantation and ingredients were written down carefully on his parchment. Nope nope nope, he will not mess this one up. The potion, he knew, was novelty, and that he should pay extra attention to how it is going to be brewed. Setting his notes aside, Ethan collected all the tools and utensils needed, and began to clean them one by one, *“Scourgify.”* Non-verbally of course. The moment he got his exam results during the summer, he had read self-help books in doing non-verbals for beginners. As soon as he stepped in Hogwarts back in September, he practised various cleaning spells and vanishing spells non-verbally to get a good head start. With his cauldron and thermometer clean, he went on to fill his black vessel with water. Ethan concentrated on that step because it required them to have purified water. And to get it, he needed to have the right intent. *“Aguamenti.”* Clean, odourless, purified water came out of it, and lifted the charm with a *“Finite”* as soon as it reached half of his cauldron. Ethan carefully dipped the thermometer inside his cauldron and practised the spell. “Ap-toh press-soo-rah...ap-toh press-soo-rah...” Vertical wand movement, “Apto Pressure...Apto Pressure.” Turning towards his cauldron this time, Ethan raised his wand and slowly lowered his wand vertically while saying the incantation. “Apto Pressure.” Time to see if it worked, hm? The Slytherin then pointed his wand on the burner and ignited it. *“Incendio.”* FIIYAAAHH. Ethan watched his thermometer patiently, and was delighted to see that the spell worked. 100 degrees Celsius through and through. __________________ "It didn't go quite as planned." \| The Underground Studio Translation: I may have caused irreversible damage on a monumental scale.